The presentation before Marlaska of the widow of one of the dead in Barbate leaves the minister's credit at a minimum. The widow even verbalized that she preferred to give up the financial amount that this decoration entails.
Grande-Marlaska has minimized the institutionalization of drug trafficking in the area, by deactivating the elite unit created to fight against the Strait clans 16 months ago. He has facilitated the "murder" of agents of Cádiz province, according to the province's Anti-Drug Prosecutor.